a counter-counter argument (or ,, just argument?) > because it facilitates and profits from rule and lawbreaking, Every business profits from grey areas, and

a counter-counter argument (or ,, just argument?) > because it facilitates and profits from rule and lawbreaking, Every business profits from grey areas, and even from regulations which give them advantages. Hotels are also big offenders to this (regulate against their competitors/barrier to entry even before airbnb). > they become a problem when they stop being random When there is demand, people find supply. People want ways to live temporarily, and airbnb accelerates this trend. People believing their neighborhoods should never change by tourism/immigration/gentrification are not necessarily less evil > by encouraging people to break social contract the social contract may need an update? It's not like anyone ever signs those anyway. People move a lot nowadays, and maybe the idea of an idyllic quiet downtown neighborhood cannot exist without paying premium anymore. There are trends like digital nomading and remote work which are in a steady rise for a decade, and it will only keep rising. Airbnb is perfectly positioned to serve this alternative social contract